Automobile-lock.



LP. IVIAUER.

AUTOMGBILE LOCK.

APPucATloNv FILED FEB. 17.1915.

l 52, l l 7. l Patented Aug." 31, 1915.

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AUT OMOBILE-LO C Specification o' Letters Patent.

1i' a rented Aug. 3i, 1915.

Application led February 17, 1915. Serial No. 8,774.

Be it known that l, Jason l.l\.\onn, a citixen ot the United States, residing at l'utl'alo. in the county ot` lrie and State of' ew York, have invented new anduset'ul improvements in Automobilelrocks, oit which the tollrewing.,r is a speciiication.

This invention relates to vthe rocking devices employed on automoiiles to prevent their theft or unauthorized use, and more particularliv to a device of this character which adapted to lorlc the spark and throttle-levers and preerablj-,f also the stcerinfl` wheel..

The object of the invention is the provision ot a simple. reliable and inexensive loi-lv' ot this hind which can be readily applied to and removed from the parts to be loc-lied.

ln the aceomiianyinflr a ton plan view of and spark and throttle levers of an automobile equipped with the lock. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line Q-'2, Fig. l. Fi". 2l is a similar section on line 3-3, Fie. l, on an enlarged scale.

Similar characters ot reference indicate the several views.

l indicates the steering shaft having the customary wheel Q.

il indicates the. spark lever and 4 the throttle or gas-rontrollingr lever which latter traverses the us'iml segnicnt 5 carried by the fixed arms G. lin the construction sho.i.fn.y these levers are arranged one above tiiafith r and in alinement with each other en the same side of the steering shaftwhen the motor is at rest, as Vtor example, in the Overland7 car.

The improved lock comprises an approximately tlshaped body or trame S adapted and constructed to embrace the alined spark and throttle-leve one of the arms (3 of the lixed segment and preferably also one of the spokes of' the steering:` wlme-l.y as .shown i thcdrawing's, so as to lock said levers against turning and render it impossible to start the motor of the car, or to turn .the steering wheel, so loner as the locking device remains in place. For this purpose, the iframe tl is'iust wide enough to pass easily over iid wheel-spoke segment arm and levers and yet prevent undue lateral play of the levers therein. n the preferred einbodiment et the invention illustrated in the drawings, the traine S is provided at its drawii'ig: Figure l the steering wheel upper end with a movable bar or lhasp 9 which normally closes or bridges its open end. This hasp is hinged to one of the side bars of the trame. as shown at 10, and provided in its 'tree end with a slot or opening 1l which receives an upward extension l] of the other sidebar of the frame. This extension has a. hole 13 adapted to receive the bow it of a pad-lock 15 or equivalent locking' device, whereby the hasp is confined in its closed position in which it bridges the upper'or spark lever and retains the frame in place.

To el'ectually lock the spark and throttle levers with a minimum amount of lateral play, the locking device should be located at or near the( free ends of the levers,'as shown in the drawings. placed near the inner ends of the levers, it might permit them to be turned sulliciently to start the motor. Suitable means are provided to guard against such displacement or.

shifting of the locking: device Jfrom the outer ends of the levers. The preferred device shown in the drawings consists ot a lug: or ear 16 extending laterally from the hasp and containing an eye or opening' 17, arranged to receive the handle o r projection LS of one of the said levers, preferably the spark level', thereby reliably securing the autolock against such inwar or radial displacement on the levers.

Before applyingf the lock, the spark and throttle. levers are brought in line with each other at the front end ot' the segment and the steering wheel is turned to the right until one oit its spokes comes under the al`ned levers, as shown in the drawings. '.he frame S, with its hasp thrown open, is tl en passed upwardly over the wl'ieel-spoke, segment-arm G and the levers, after which the hasp is closed and locked in place by means of the` padlock, the hasp being interlocked with the handle iS of the spark lever in closi it. By turning the steering wheel to the right before a pplying the lock, they front :ar are `turned toward and street-curb, defeating any wheels ot thc blocked by the automobile by means attempt to move the ot' the self-starter.

This improved lock renders it impossible to move either the spark or the throttle-level' far enough to start the motol and therefore. provides an ell'ectual safeguard against theft ot the car or its use by unauthorized persons, and by engaging the steering wheel as It the device were.

Well as said levers, it also locks said Wlieel and prevents steering of the car, even if it be attempted to'propel it by the self-starter.v

l. levers, said fixed part and the steering wheel, 1 a movable member for closing the open end of said frame, means for locking said movable member, and means 'for holding said traine from displacement lengthwise of said levers.

2. An automobile lock comprising an approximately U-shaped frame constructed to f embrace the spark and throttle levers and arelatively fixed part ofA an automobile, said 1 frame having a movable member for closing the `open endthereof and means arranged to engage ene of said levers for holding the traine from displacement lengthwise of the `ylevers, and means for locking said movable member.

3. An automobile lock, comprising an approXimatelyU-sliaped frame constructed to i.. embrace the spark and throttle levers and a relatively fixed part of an automobile, said frame having a movable member for closing the open end of said frame, and an opening arranged to receive the handle of one of said levers.

4. An automobile lock, comprising an approxiinately U-shaped frame constructed to embrace the spark and throttle levers and a relatively fixed part of an automobile, a. hasp bridging the open end of said trame and having means for engaging the handle of one of said levers, and locking means for said hasp.

An automobile lock, comprising an approximately U-shaped frame" constructed to embrace the spark and throttle levers and a. relatively fixed part of an automobile, a hasp hinged 'to the open end of said frame for closing the saine, said liasp having an eye arranged to engage the handle of one of said levers, and locking means for said liasp.

6.- An automobile lock, comprising an approximately U-sliaped frame constructed to embrace the spark and throttle levers and a relatively fixed part f' an automobile, a liasp hinged to the open end of said frame for closing the same, said hasp having a laterally-extending lug provided with an opening arranged to receive the handle of one of said levers, and locking means for said hasp.

Witness my hand this th day of Februaiy, 1915.

JACOB P. MAUER. Witnesses C. F. Gerini, E. M. GRAHAM. 

